Monroe 171954 Quick-Strut Complete Strut Assembly

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Price: $123.14    

Product Feature

• Bearing Plate
• Upper Spring Isolator
• Upper Spring Seat
• Coil Spring
• Boot Kit

Product Description

The revolutionary Monroe Quick-Strut unit is the first complete, ready-to-install replacement strut assembly available! Monroe Quick-Strut units include all the components required for strut replacement in a single, fully-assembled unit. They feature pre-assembled replacement bearing plate, upper and lower spring isolators, upper spring seat, coil spring, boot kit, and a premium strut. This breakthrough design saves on installation time by eliminating having to disassemble components and compress the coil spring prior to installation. Each Quick-Strut assembly features application-engineered valving to optimize each vehicle's unique ride and handling characteristics

Monroe 171954 Quick-Strut Complete Strut Assembly Review

I purchased four new Monroe QuickStrut's for my 2000 Toyota Corolla LE. I was willing to pay the extra money for these all-in-one units. The front two went on without any problems and were easy as pie. The back two on the other hand were extremely confusing and a huge pain in the neck. Don't even bother with the instructions. They make no sense. One of the inserts is meant for the normal struts, not these QuikStrut's. No need to take off the spring or anything so why is it even included?

What you may or may not be able to tell from the picture, the 171953 and 171954 units only have two upper mounting bolts/studs. Most come with three like the front ones and the original equipment that came off my car. At first I thought maybe one had broken off in shipping like one of my front ones (that is another story!), but both only had two. I checked the instructions and it mentioned nothing. In the packet of the two nuts for the bolts/studs was one screw. What I learned on my own was that this screw is meant to be tied down from the top into the upper mounting bracket, which is completely opposite from the other two and every other stud I have worked on. I'm sure it will work fine, but they need to add something to the instructions to explain this and the proper torque. Plus you may have to bang the upper mounting bracket around with a rubber hammer to make it fit the stud openings on your car. The upper mounting bracket on the front studs move around easily, these do not.

Something else that is very annoying is that the bracket for the brake line needs to be cut or notched to allow the passing of the brake line through the side when removing and installing. Otherwise you need to disconnect the lines and run them through the hole in the bracket. This then requires bleeding the brakes (which can be a pain if you don't have any help) and working with potentially old and brittle brake lines/connectors. The brake line is probably held in place by a tension clip anyway on most cars (it was on mine at least) so why is it really necessary to have it this way? A mechanic friend said that I should have cut a notch in the side, that is what they usually do and they are professionals. Next time I will.

One final note. The rear studs on my Corolla are connected to the rear stabilizer/sway bar linkage. I didn't realize this going into the project. When these get old they become very difficult to remove for the the average DIY'er. Check around for videos on how to remove. It involves a combination of an allen wrench and preferably a ratcheting pass-through wrench. I would recommend getting new ones for each side. You will then only need to remove one nasty bolt vs. two. That is also not to mention trying to salvage the old ones, if even possible. Again, the front ones are much easier. The combination of new linkages and struts has been like night and day on my car. Good luck!

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